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七言絕句 張祜 贈內人

禁門宮樹月痕過, 媚眼惟看宿鷺窠。
斜拔玉釵燈影畔, 剔開紅燄救飛蛾。

Seven-character-quatrain
Zhang Hu OF ONE IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY

When the moonlight, reaching a tree by the gate,
Shows her a quiet bird on its nest,
She removes her jade hairpins and sits in the shadow
And puts out a flame where a moth was flying.